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| MSB DAC IV or dCS Paganini I can't wait to hear the Plat IV. | |
| Why are server setups so costly relative to CDP's? I meant to say "when power cords are being sold for $3K all day..." | |
| Why are server setups so costly relative to CDP's? Here is mine:Mac Mini 2007 (mid year model) $799.004Gig mem upgrade $114.00M2Tech Hiface (BNC) $180.00Western Digital World Book Edition (horrible naming) 1TB NAS $229.00Airport Extreme Router $179.00ChannlD Pure Music Software $129.00iTunes (incl... | |
| MSB DAC IV or dCS Paganini Yes, it is a bit involved but this is what I had to do in order to get my MSB up to that of the best digital I have heard. I did not thatmy units neesds to be on vibration control preferably wood blocks (3) with some type of dampening atop the uni... | |
| MSB DAC IV or dCS Paganini The MSB when carefully setup is one of the best dacs I've yet to hear, perhaps it is the best. I own the Power DAC, it is in a completely different league than say the Weiss Minerva. I have a thread on here detailing my long journey with the MSB d... | |
| Bidat vs Perfect Wave vs Weiss and others I wanted to also back away from something I stated earlier concerning iTunes down-sampling. It is not nearly as bad as I mentioned when the Bidat first arrived. I can only hypothesize that the pre-broken in Bidat and the down-sampled files didn't ... | |
| Bidat vs Perfect Wave vs Weiss and others Wanted to clear something up, in speaking with John Wright at Museatex he made me aware that I had been incorrectly refering to his "Factory Upgrades" as mods. He does not do modifications to the Bidat they are factory updates, which makes sense a... | |
| Bidat vs Perfect Wave vs Weiss and others Also, I have found out that M2Tech will be releasing a higher end product sometime in the future (I don't have a time-line as yet) which will also have a AES/EBU connection. I am completely sold on the HiFace which IS Asynchronous. Guys before you... | |
| Bidat vs Perfect Wave vs Weiss and others Ok, so I can say that now the Bidat is one of the finest 16 bit dacs I have ever heard or owned!!! Having said that, MSB's latest gear is better when playing 24 bit material (as would be expected) but only when one has gone to significant lengths ... | |
| Need help with Dedicated music server. I have NEVER EVER had a USB dac which is capable of USB and SPDIF sound better using the USB connection regardless of the science for why it should. All of my listening has always favored the SPDIF connection. I now use a HiFace with my MSB Power ... | |
| Flac conversion for ipod? Max is the ticket. I also purchase from HDTracks and use Max. One other cool thing is that you can tell MAX to automatically add the converted file to your iTunes Library upon completion of the conversion process. I typically que up all my downloa... | |
| AMR / EMM / PLAYBACK Designs I have not heard the EMM gear, but I do seem to read about a number of issues with the gear (now including their $25K flagship) is this the case? Or are these isolated idiosyncrasies which are quickly rooted out and nulled? | |
| Bidat vs Perfect Wave vs Weiss and others FYI, I want to be clear that the Bidat DOES work incredibly well with the HiFace unit when listening to music maybe even sounds a tad better on some material (perhaps due to the memory mode buffer) than the built in Tos (tlaking Tos with a superb ... | |
| Bidat vs Perfect Wave vs Weiss and others Tpaxadon: Well this is my 3rd Bidat :) My original Bidat was purchased around 1997 when I heard from a reputable source that a number of the bigger reviewers of the day were using Bidats on the hush hush for their personal syste, (regardless of wh... | |
| Bidat vs Perfect Wave vs Weiss and others Lev: Thanks man... I am having fun and I am very glad some people are enjoying my quest/endeavor. Like I said when I started this thread it was about comparing dacs head to head and reporting what "I" heard ... unbiased.As I have found many dacs d... |